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BRIGADIER GENHRAL J ■ 

BENJAMIN TUPPER, 

OF THK 

REVOLUTIONARY ARMY, ^.c^'^^'R'^ /?-c 

AMI OK ■ 

THE OHIO COMPANY. 



[The following is from the History of Easton, 
Mass., by W. L. Chaffin. 1886.] 

Brig -General Benjamin Tupper was 
a citizen of Easton for about ten years — 
for several years a schoolmaster here, 
and by marriage closely connected with 
several Easton families He was born 
in Stoughton, in that part now Sharon, 
March 11 , 1738. His father was Thomas 
Tupper, Jr , of Sandwich. His mother 
was Remember (Perry) Tupper, also of 
Sandwich, and sister of Capt. Nathaniel 
Periy of Easton. ^They had moved to 
Stoughton before the birth of their son. 
For her second husband she married, 
October 4, 17-1:2, Jeiemiah Willis, the 
ancestor of the Pliilip Willis families 
Benjamin lived with his parents until 
he went to learn the tanner's trade with 
Mr. Withington, of Dorchester. This 
was in his boyhood, for he was appren- 
ticed verj^ early. While at Dorchester 
he Avas much on the water, shooting be- 
ing his favorite pastime; and he there 
gained that familiarity with the islands 
of Boston harbor which was of such ad- 
vantage in his levolutionary service in 
that locality, whicli will presently be 
noticed. In the French and Indian war 
we lind him, when but sixteen years 
okl, in the company of his uncle, Capt. 
Xathaniel Perrj\ This was in 1754. 
A ft«r this, for about ten vears, Easton 



vvas his home. He was eniployeil upon 
the fiirm of Joshua Howard, though he 
owned and may liave cultivated a few 
acres of land which he bought in 17.")(). 
He served, however, in several cam- 
paigns in the war just named, being a 
corporal in 1757, and a sergeant in 175!). 
In Easton he was for a number of years 
a schoolmaster, serving in this capacity 
during the winter. He taught as early 
as 170 1. 

November 18, 1702, Mr. Tupper n)ar- 
ried Huldali, daughter of Edward and 
Kezia White, of Bridgewater. She vvas 
born in 173!) Her mother Kezia was a 
native of Easton, being the daughter of 
George and Katharine (Dean) Hall, who 
were early settlers. Mrs. White had 
mariied in 1748, for a second husband, 
Edward Hay ward, Esq., already so well 
known in this history. The latter died 
May 21, 1760 She lived four years of 
widowhood, and then in 1764 married 
Deacon Robert Randall. January 8, 
1764, Benjamin Tupper joined the Con- 
gregational Church of Easton A few 
months after this he moved to Chester- 
field, where he was an active citizen, 
and liecame the first deacon of the 
church On the ))reaking out of the 
Revolutionary War he was a lieutenant 
of militia. He proceeded at once 
to Springfield, and dlsper.</Ml the 



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Supreme Court of the Crown then in 
session there. He then niiireheil to 
Roxhur,v, and was at onee made a major 
in Colonel Fellows's refijiment. About 
the middle of .Julj', 1775, he made an 
expedition with muffled oars to Castle 
Island, btn-ned the lij^'ht houee, and 
brought oft' considerable property, 
though the British fleet was not far off". 
The Britisli endeavored to rebuild the 
lighthouse, but while the work of restor- 
ation was in progress, Major Tupper 
embarked some men in whale-boats, 
taking some field pieces with them 
They arrived at the lighthouse about 
two o'clock in tiie morning and attacked 
the guard, killing the oflicers and four 
privates, and captured the rest of the 
troops Having demolished the works 
they were about to depart, but the tide 
left them, and the Major himself was 
attacked by the enemy's boats. But 
sinking one of the boats with his field- 
piece, he escaped with the loss of one 
man killed and one wounded He killed 
and captu ed fifty-three of the enemy ; 
and among the captured were ten Tories, 
who were immediatel}'^ sent to Spring 
field jail Tliis brave and succes.sful 
attack won o;reat praise. Washington 
thanked >! ajor Tupper next day in 
general orders. Jetterson saw in it 
"the a:lventurous genius and intrepidity 
of the New Englanders;'' and the Brit- 
ish Admiral said that "no one act of the 
siege caused so much chagrin in London 
as the destruction of the lighthouse, and 
it was the theme of the most biting sar- 
casm." 

He was sent to Martha's Vineyard to 
capture two vessels in August, 1775. In 
the following September he embarked 
with his men on wh le-boats from Dor- 
chester, lan'^'ed on Governor's Island, 
and brought oft" eleven liead of cattle 
and two fine horses. Wliile the enemy 
held Boston, Major Tupper was in- 
trusted with the command of several ex- 
peditions that can not be detailed here, 
but wiiich showed the great confidence 
that General Washington had in his 
good judgment and courage. The fol- 



lowing incident illustrates his intrepidi- 
ty and presence of mind : — 

"Tliree men were out in a boat, fish- 
ing in Boston Harbor, 'i'he wind sliiftcd. 
and the broken ice comi)letely blocked 
up then- way, .<o that it was impossible 
for them to return. Tiieir situation was 
one of great peril. The wind blew se- 
verely cold, and the men must soon have 
perished had not Colonel Tupper ap- 
peared, who, taking in tiie situation at a 
glance, procured four pairs of snow- 
shoes, and pu t'ng one pair upon his 
own feet and taking tiie others under 
his arm, he made iiis way to the boat 
over the floating ice. The shoes were 
fastened to the feet of the men, and Col. 
Tupper brought them all away safely 
to tlie .shor amidst the shouts and con- 
gratulations of the people " 

Benjamin Tnpiun- was lieutenant-col- 
onel in Colonel Bailey's regiment, from 
January 1, 1777, to July 1, at which time 
he became Colonel of the Eleventh Reg- 
iment of ('ontinental troops, which com- 
mand he held to the end of the war 
From September 1, 1778, and for more 
than a year afterward, he was inspector 
in General Patterson's brigade 1 

1 State Ai'chive 5. Continental otflcers 
vol. for 1777 to 1779. page 138. 

During the memorable winter of 1777- 
1778, his regiment was with Wasiiington 
at Valley Forge; and on January 28th, 
1778, he addressed a pathetic appeal to 
the President of tlie Cou::cil of Massa- 
chusetts, imploring helj) for the distress- 
ed soldiers. He served with honor 
throughout the war, and towards its 
close was appointed brigadier-general 
by brevet. He took charge of the mili- 
tary organizations at Springfield at the 
time of Shays's Kebellion. and repelled 
the attack made bj' the insurgents on 
the Armory. He and General Putnam 
were cliietly instrumental in organizing 
tlie Ohio Company, 2 — 

(•2The evidence for the truth of this 
statement seems to the writer to be con- 
clusive, notwithstanding that Hon. Geo. 
B. Loring gives the chief credit of the 
affair to Dr. Manassah Cutler, of Es.sex 
county. Mass Kufus Putnam and Ben- 
jamin Tupper joined in the call for the 
meetino- held in Boston which led to the 



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formation of tliis coiripany,) — tv meeting 
wliirh Dr ( 'vitler says lie liiul notthougiit 
of attending nntil nrged to do so by 
Winthrop Sargent, a friend of General 
Tiipper For proof of tliese statements 
see Xos. 10 and 1 1 of tlie articles of Sol- 
mon Talbot already alluded to — a 
company formed to buy and encourage 
the settlement of the fertile lands of the 
Ohio Valley. Geiiei-al i'upper was one 
of the most active in surveying and hiy- 
ing out the lauds and inviting their oc- 
cupation by settlers. We. cannot follow 
in detail all his interesting western ex- 
perience in tlie Ohio territory He was 
appointed Judge of the Court of Common 
Fleas in 1788; was a Freemason of high 
rank, and a member of tlie Society 
of the Cincinnati. 

Perhaps the most noteworthy thing in 
the life of General 'J'upper is the fact, 
based on what seems sufficient evidence, 
that he was the real inventur of tip', screw- 
propellor. The authority for this is the 
diary of Eev. Dr. Manassah Cutler, a 
clei'gyman of note, and afterwards a 
member of Congress He was witli 
General Tupper in 1788, while on his 
journey to Ohio. The following extract 
from his dairy is quoted by Solomon 
Talbot in his account of General 'i'up- 
per : — 

"Friday, August lo, 1788 — This 
morning we went pretty eaily to the 
bo at General Tupper had mentioned 
to me a mode of constructing a machine 
to work in the head or stern of a boat 
instead of oars. It appeared to me high- 
ly probable that it might succeed. I 
therefore proposed that we should make 
the experiment. Assisted l)y a number 
of people, we went to work and con- 
structed a machine in the form of a screw 
with short blades, and placed it in tlie 
stern of the boat, and which we turned 
with a crank. It succeeded to admira- 
tion, and I think it a very successful dis- 
covery " 

It would thus appear that General 
Tupper, ninety-eight years ago, antici- 
pated the discovery of the screw-pro- 
pellor, which was nearly half a century 
in coming into favor, but which every 
ocean steamship now employs. 

Troubled times with the Indians soon 



followed, and a war of several years du- 
ration was brought to an end by Gener- 
al Wayne, who subdued the savages in 
17!).") But General Tupper passed away 
earlier, dying, June 7. 17!)2. at tifty-four 
years of age, and was buried at Mariet- 
ta When General Lafayette visited Ma- 
rietta in \Sl'i, and the names of the pio- 
neers (mniiy of them Revolutionary 
soldiers) were read toliim. he responded. 
"1 know them all. I saw them at 
Brandy wine, at Yorktown, at Mon- 
mouth, and at Rhode Island. 'I'lu'i/ 
U'l'Tf the hnir'-sl (if the brari-.^' 

The following notes are from the 
sketch of Gen. Benjamin Tu per's life 
in Hildretirs .Memoirs of the Early Pio- 
neer Settlers of Ohio. (18r)2.) 

After the close of the war Gen Tup- 
per returned to his family at Chester- 
field, and soon after was elected by his 
town as their representative in the Leg- 
islature of Massachusetts. 

During the darkest hours of the Revo- 
lution war Gen. Washington had turned 
the attention of officers and soldiers to 
the valley of the Ohio, as a place of ref- 
uge to which they might retire, should 
the British army be successful against 
them The result of that war rendered 
such a retreat unnecessbiy: notwith- 
standing, many of the offiicers and sol- 
diers of the army looked to ths west as 
a retiring place for themselves and their 
families, after a war of eight j'ears. 
Among the most prominent of these was 
Gen. Tupper. Indeed, in the foresight 
of Gen Rufus Putnam and himself the 
enterprise of the settlement at Marietta 
had its origin. 

The ordinance of 1785 provided for a 
survey of a portion of the lands north- 
west of the river Ohio. In the autumn 
of that year the first regiment of United 
States troops, or one battalion of them, 
had taken post at the mouth of the Mus- 
kingum, under the command of Maj. 
Doughty, and erected a fort, which re- 
ceived the name of Fort Ilarmar. In 
that year Gen Rufus Putnam had been 
appointed to command the survey of a 
portion of the lands in Ohio, but being 



otherwise engaged, Gen. Tnpper was 
appointed in his phice. In the summer 
of that year he came as far west as 
Pittsburg. The condition of tlie Indian 
tribes prevented tlie execution of that 
work until the treaty made by Gen. Par- 
sons, and otliers, on the Miami, in Jan- 
uary 17SG. Gen. Tupper returned to 
Massachusetts in the winter of 17S5-6, 
but left agaiu for the west in June, 1786, 
with his eldest son, Maj. An^elm Tup- 
per That season the survey of the 7th 
range vva; completed under his di- 
rection. During that period he visited 
Maj. Doughty, at Fort Harmar. 

On Gen. Tupper's return from his./j/s( 
visit to the west, he visited his fri-^nd. 
Gen. Kufus Putnam, then residing at 
Rutland. In tlie language of another. 
•.\ nigiit of friendly offices and confer- 
ence gave at tlie dawn a development to 
the cherished hope and purpose of Gen 
Tnpper They united in a publication 
which appeared in tlie pnblii.' papers of 
New England, on the :^5th of Januaiy, 
1786, headed Information,' dated Jan- 
uary loth, 1786. signed Rufus Putnam, 
Benjamin Tupper." 

As the result of this conference and 
address, the Ohio Company was formed. 
Dr Manasseh Cutler, in connection 
with Winthrop Sargent, was appointed 
to negotiate a contract with Congress 
for land. At the third meeting of the 
company at Boston, August '29th 1787. 
Dr Cutler i-eported that the contract 
had been completed. 

Within a day or two after tiie defeat of 
Shays at Springfield, January 1787, Gen. 
Tupper went to Xorthampton, where he 
was visited by many of his old friends. 
Known also as having visited the Ohio 
country, many persons called upon him 
to inquire about the lands, rivers &c , 
of the valley of the Ohio. In the spring 
he went to Worcester lo see Gen Put- 
nam, and concert measures to set for 
ward the proposed emigration to Ohio j 
Many formidable difficulties which at- 
tended the organization of the company 
were overcome, and Gen. Tupper began 
his own arrano'ements for movln"- to the 



Oliio in the summer of 1787. At that 
period wagon-makers were not common, 
even in Xevv England One, however, 
was obtained, and two wagons were 
built, one for tlie family, the other for 
their baggage. 

After his arrival at Marietta. Gen, 
Tupper was actively engaged in promo- 
ting the plans and interests ot the Ohio 
company, being intimately associated 
with Gen. Putnam in the management 
of its affairs. 

On tlie OMi -of September, 1788. tlie 
first civil court held in the North- 
western Territory was lield at Col Bat- 
telle's, in Cmnpus M ,,riiits, This was 
the (;ourt of Quarter Sessions liufus 
Pidndiii and B-.nj nuiii TuppHv were jus- 
tices of the quorum, assi.<ted by justices 
of the bar. 

Judge Putnam gave the charge to the 
grand jiuy. After one or two sessions 
Judge Tupper presided, until his death 
in June, 1792 

At an early i)eriod in his life Gen. 
Tupper made a public profession of the 
Christian religion, b}^ uniting with the 
Congregational church at Easton Af- 
ter his arrival at Marietta he did not for- 
get his obligation. His ettbrts were di- 
rected to preserve to his family and as- 
.sociates the benefits of public and social 
worship of God. Before the arrival of 
the Rev Daniel Story, tlie first minister, 
meetings for social worship were held on 
the Sabbath. The usual place of wor- 
ship was the same room in which the 
first court was held, near the northwest 
corner of the stockade. These meetings 
were generally conducted by General 
Tupper. 



[Additional facts obtained from original sources, 
in regard to the first families who arrived at Mar- 
ietta, Aug. 19th, 1788, conducted by Gen. Tupper. 

The pioneers who a rived at the Mus- 
kingum April 7, 1788, led by General 
Rufus Putnam were men onlj-. Their 
object was to la}^ out the town and to 
prepare homes for the families who were 
to follow. The first of these were can- 
ducted to their new home in the Ohio 
territory by General 'I'uiipcr. 



fii the SmniiKM- of 1788. llio little coin- 
pativ stnrted tVoiii the East l\).>>-ether 
Gen. Hciij Tiipper, Col. Xathaniel dish- 
ing-, and Viijor Nathan Ooodale; old 
army comrades made thi' long jonrney 
over the mountains to the Ohio. With 
them were their wives, nnd eliildren. 
Gen Tapper's family consisted of him- 
self, I:is wife, two sons, Ids daughter. 
Miss Rowena Tiipper, find his I)rother 
Jndah His oldest son, \I;ij. Anselm 
Tupper, had arrived on the 7tl), of April 
Itrevions .Vs a part of this family, 
circle, was Iciiabod Nye, a soldier of the 
i^evohition; a young man still, witli his 
wife. Minerva, daughter of Gen Tap- 
per, and their two little cluldren, Hor- 
ace, two years old, and Pantliea, six 
monthsold Gen. Tupper liad also in 
his employ two hired men. Col. Gush- 
ing, with wife and six childi-en, MaJ. 
Goodale and wife, and .seven children, 
two of them young ladies. Arriving at 
the Ohio they waited at ^Vellsville for 
Gen Putnam to send up the Ohio Com- 
l)anv boat, from .Marietta, for them, and 
for -Major A.sa Coburn and family, and 
his .son in-law, Andrew Webster and 
family, who had been detained on the 
route over the mountains A uiost wel- 
come addition also to the company here 
was Dr. Manassah Cutler, on his way to 
.Marietta, to attend a meeting of tin; Di- 
rectoi-s of the Ohio Company At Wells- 
ville, Ichabo<l Nye takingtlie hired men. 
and the worn out horses, left the compa- 
ny, and came down to the Muskingum 
by land, on the Virginia shore. They 
arrived here August 0th. The others 
deseen ed the river in the boat, arriving 
at the JIusUingum, Aug, li). 1788. 

Of this trip Dr. Cutler has made men- 
tion in his diary. Ichabod Nye met his 
wife and children at the landing at the 
Point and took them to the home he had 
provided for them on Washington street, 
that night. The other ladies and chil- 
dren remained upon the boat The next 
morning the boat was towed around into 
the .Muskingum and landed at the foot . 
of Washington street, where the ladies i 
and children were reeeived \\\t]\ the 



greatest enthusiasm and most gallantlv 
escorted to Campus Martins, tiieir new 
home Then began the family life of the. 
first settlement of Ohio, .Vugust 20. 1788. 
Other families followed. General Rufus 
Putnam, howcn'er, did not bring his 

I family to .>[arietta until 17!)0. 

I .Vugust liJ. 178S 

j '>!■• Cutler writes in Ins diary : "We 
j landed at the point and were very po- 
I litely received by the Honoral)le Judges 
j 'General Putnam and our friends Gen- 
j eral Putnam invited me to his lodging, 
j which is a maniue " 
I August 20, I78S. 

•■ i his day an entertainment was given 
to the Governor and officers of the garri- 
son at the hall in Can)|)us Martins . * •"■ 
We had a hand.>;ome dinner, with punch 
and wine 'IMie Governor and the ladies 
from Fort Harmar were very sociable. 
.Miss Rowena Tupper and the two .'Misses 
Goodale dined and fifly-tive gentle- 
men " 

Upon completing his business here Dr. 
Cutler returned to his home in the East 
in September. 



'I'he chihiren of Benjamin Tupper and 
Huldah White Tupper were 

Anselm, born at Easton, .Mass., Oct. 
nth, 176.'}. 

.Minerva, born .it ( 'liesterh'idd. .Ma.><s 
1704. 

yophia, Kowena, twins, boin at Ches- 
terfield. .VI ass , 176(). 

Edward White, born at rhesterfield, 
-Mass., 1771. 

Benjanun. born at Chesterlield, 
Mass , 177."). 

All these children c.ime to Ohio with 
their father except .Sophia, who married 
GenT Nathaniel Willys of Massachusetts. 
She died in October 178i), leaving no 
children 

Major Anselm Tupper died unmarried 
December 2.")th. 1808, and is buried at 
Marietta at the side of his father. 

Minerva. Tupper married in (jhester- 
field, .Mass., Ichabod Xye, of Tolland, 
' 'onn. She died in Marietta, April 20th. 
I88n Her descendants manv of them 



reside in Marietta. 

Rowena Tapper inanied iu Marietta, 
February 6th, I7S9, Winthrop Sargent, 
Secretary of the Territor}', died in i790, 
leaving no chi)dren, 

Gen'l Edward W Tupper married in 
Marietta, May 3, 1804, Mrs Berthia 
Putnam, daughter of Dr. Gleason, and 
widow of Dr W. P Putnam, of Mari- 
etta. He died in Gallipolis, Ohio, Sep- 
tember 7, 1824, leaving no children. Slie 
survived him many years. 

Col. Benjamin I'upper, .Ir , married 
at Marietta, Martha, daughter of General 
Rufus Putnan. He died at Putnam, 
February 4th, 1814 She died at Put- 
nam, August 2 t, 1842. Tlieir children 
settled at Putnam, O. 

Mrs. Huldah White Tupper, wife of 
General Benjamin Tupper, survived him 
many years. Slie died at Putnam, O., 
February 21, 1812. 

The name of Tupper is extinct among 
the descendants of Genl Tupper. 

Sergeant Theodore I'upper, the last to 
bear the name, died on the battle field 
of Sliiloh, April 6i.h, 1862, at the age of 
nineteen. "He fell at the front, when 



just in the act of firing, and literally 
gave his last moment to his country " 
He was the great-grandson of both Gen- 
eial Rufus Putnan and General Banja- 
min Tupper. 

General Tupper's death in 1792 at the 
age of fifty-four, occurred at Marietta 
during the Indian War. Tlie burial 
ground at that time was distant from 
from C'ampus Martins, and a funeral 
there liable to an attack from Indians. 
He was therefore bui'ied under the pro- 
tection of a field piece in the north-east 
block-house of the garrison The burial 
was on Warren street, near the public 
square Quadranaou Years afterwards 
his remains were removed to Mound 
cemetery, where a plain .-lab bears this 
inscription : 

Gen'l Benjamin Tupper, 

BORN AT 

Sharon, Mass , in 1738. 

DIED 

June 7th, ir92. 
Aged 54 Years. 



[A more complete account of General Tupper 
and his associates at Marietta, will be published 
during the coming year.] 



ANSELM TUPPER. 



[The following is from Chaffin's History of Eas- 
ton, Mass.] 

Major Aiiselin Tupper, eldest sou of 
General Benjamin and Huldah (White) 
Tnpper, was born inEaston. October 11, 
1763. Wlien tlie Revolutionary war be- 
gan he was 11 yeais of age. His lather, 
of course, left hiin at home when he de- 
parted for tlie scene of action ; but he 
inherited the military spirit from both 
the Perrys and the Tuppers, and the 
brave lad could not remain at home. 
Accordingly, soon after the battle of 
Lexington, he enlisted in Capt. Robert 
West's Chesterfield company, 1 (1 State 
Archives, Revolutionary Rolls, vol. vi 
p. 43) which was assigned to Colone^ 
Fellows's regiment, in which his father 
was already major It was interesting 
to think of this Revolutionarj^ soldier. 
not yet twelve years old, augagiug in all 
the toil, hardship, and peril of war, and 
never flinching until his country's inde- 
pendence was achieved 

Anselm Tupper remained in the ser- 
vice in the same regiment with his 
father, participating with him in the 
engagement on the North river in Aug. 
177(5, being in his regiment also at AVest j 
Point. lie was an ensign in 1779 
Match 15, 178U, he began to serve as 
lieutenant, though not at that time com- 
missioned as such September 15, 178n, 
Colonel Tupper recommended Anselm 
Tupper and others in his regiment for 
promotion. Th^ document embodying 
this reconnnendation is very interesting, 
because it is indorsed by General AVash- 
ir.gton. who. under his own siornature. 



eai-nestly approved and urged the pro- 
motions suggested by Colonel Tupper. 2 
(2Ibid , Revolutionary Letters, vol. cciii. 
pp. 1U9, 110.) 

The appointment was made Sei)tem- 
ber "26, 1780. He then began to be paid 
as lieutenant. 3 (3Ibid., Continental of- 
ficers, vol. for 1780, p 87.) From Jan- 
nary 1, 1782, until January 1, 1783, he 
was lieutenant and Adjutant in Colonel 
Tapper's regiment in the Continental 
army (the eleventh )4 (4Ibid., Revo- 
lutionary Rolls, vol Ix. p. 13) His ap- 
pointment as adjutant began presum- 
ably on the former of these two dates, 
althougli it is possible he may have been 
serving in that capacity a short time in 
1781. After this time and until the close 
• f the war he served as adjutant in the 
Continental service in Col. Ebenezer 
Sproat's regiment (the second, once Col. 
Bailey's). His name appears as of that 
rank in a list of ofticer- of that regiment 
under date of July 11, 1783.5 (5Ibid., 
vol. 1 p. 13. 

After the close of the war G (GThis re- 
maining account of Major Anselm Tup- 
per was mainly written by Anselm Tup- 
per Xye, tlie nephew of Major Tupper, 
for Solomon Talbot, who has kindly 
furnished it to the writer of this history. ) 
he was engaged as surveyor with his 
father, who had been appointed by the 
Government to lay out the lands in the 
territory northwest of the Ohio. After 
completing the survey of the seven 
ranges Major Tupper returned to Massa- 
chusetts, and in November, 1787, was 
appointed by the directors of the Ohio 



Company as surveyor for tliat company 
for the State of Massachusetts. He was 
one of the famous pioneer band that 
crossed the Alleghany Mountains in the 
winter, and made the first settlement in 
the^Northvvest Teritory at Marietta, 
April 7, 1788. The survey was contin- 
ued until they were driven off by 
the attacks of the Indians, who af- 
terwards, in 1790, surprised a set- 
tlement up the Muskingum River and 
barbarously butchered one woman, two 
children and eleven men. Major Tup- 
per at the head of a company of soldiers 
went to this sickening scene of atrocity, 
and buried the bodies side by side where 
they fell 

Anselm Tupper was the first school- 
teacher at Marietta When we consider 
that such regular schooling as he pos- 
s essed must all have been acquired pre- 
vious to his entering the army (which 
he did before he was twelve years old), 
it may seem strange that he was fitted to 
fill the position of teacher. But he had 
no doubt improved the opportunities af- 



forded by association with French ofli- 
cers of education and culture, probably 
learning the French and Latin lan- 
guages, as he is understood to have been 
a classical scholar. He had great pro- 
ficiency in niathematies. and was also 
something of a poet. 

Major Tupjjer is said to have posessed 
a polished address and fine intellectual 
ability, and was tr great favorite in 
society He never marriefh He was 
appointed major of the stqckade at "Ma- 
rietta during the war, and afterwards 
taught .school in one of the blockliouses. 
In a vessel built at Marietta he made a 
voyage as second ofiicer down the Ohio 
and Missis.sippi rivers, across the Atlan- 
tic, up the Mediterranean and Black 
seas to Trieste. He returned home, and 
died several years afterward He was 
buried in the Mound Cemetery at Mari- 
etta, near his father, and his epitaph 
reads, — 

Major Anselm Tuppeu, 

Born at Easton, Mass., Oct, 11, 1763, 

Died December 25th, 1808. 







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